The environment

Food and Climate Change without the hot air

Change your diet: the easiest way to help save the planet

by S L Bridle

Description

A quarter of the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change come from food. Sarah Bridle details the carbon footprint of the food we eat, from breakfast to lunch, from snacks to supper. She breaks down the environmental impact of each food, so we can see where the emissions are highest. With this knowledge, we can make changes to our diet, reduce the greenhouse gas emissions so damaging to our planet and probably be healthier, too.

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Author Biography


Sarah Bridle is a professor at Manchester University. She became committed to a change in food policy because of her children and her concern for their future.


In 2017, Sarah founded the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Food Network+, bringing together food research and industry. Sarah led the Take a Bite out of Climate Change exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2019 and leads the Greenhouse Gas and Dietary choices Open source Toolkit (GGDOT) which brings together data from food choices and greenhouse gas emissions to inform the public and policy makers. Sarah is author of over 100 refereed publications which have over 9000 citations and has won prestigious awards in the UK and Europe including a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, the Royal Astronomical Society’s Fowler Award, and European Research Council Starting and Consolidator Grants.


She divides her research time between food-related climate change and astrophysics.


UIT Cambridge Ltd / Green Books

UIT Cambridge Ltd / Green Books

We publish non-fiction books under two imprints, UIT and Green Books. UIT Cambridge is best known for its bestselling 'without the hot air' series, making important science and sustainability topics accessible - like 'Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air' and 'Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air'. We also have a new series on contemporary art - 'the city through the eyes of its artists' - including 'The Cambridge Art Book' and 'The Dublin Art Book'.   Green Books is well known for titles on environmental topics and practical sustainability like organic no-dig gardening and permaculture, sustainable building, ecology and climate change, forest schools, self-sufficiency, spirituality, mind, body & spirit, eco-philosophy and eco-activism. Examples include 'Creating a Forest Garden', 'Organic Gardening', 'Building with Hempcrete' and 'Living on One Acre or Less'.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher UIT Cambridge
  • Publication Date September 2020
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780857845030
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 19.99 GBP
  • Pages256
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Edition1
  • Copyright Year2020
  • Page size233 x 188 mm
  • Serieswithout the hot air

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